anyone receive money through western union

I use it all the time, since my dad sends me money from Guatemala and paypal is not available over there. It is true that the fees are quite high, but it is 100% safe and legit, don't worry about that.

Don't waste your time with Western Union their fees are very big. If you want to send up to 100$ you have to pay 15$ fee. This is too much if you want to send 10$ for example.. the fee is the same. Make yourself a paypal account it is very easy, although the verification of it is a little pain in the a*s :) If you want you can try using MoneyGram. It is cheaper there.